Colours 2018 - The Games

It took a bit of doing, but I do seem to have managed to sort out all the pics of the games. There are a few where I either don't know who was running them, what the game was or both.

It certainly seems that there were more games than were listed, which would explain why the floor plan was so badly out.


Tiny Terrain - 28mm War in Chechnya

SELWG South London Warlords - 6mm Market Garden

Loughton Strike Force - 15mm Plancenoit

Adrian Shepherd - 28mm WW1 

Maidenhead & District - Rapid Fire Modern

Wargames Association of Reading - £Land Star Wars

An X-Wing game played using Hotwheels Star Wars fighters.


Wings of Glory Aerodrome

League of Historical Wargamers - Santa Cruz

Naval Wargames Society - Raid on Zeebrugge

Wessex Wargames - Retreat from Moscow

Abbott's Road Wargamers - Boshin War 1868 (Sharpe Practice)

Crawley Wargames Club - Battlefront Tanks

West Wind Productions - 15mm War & Empire

A Few Brits & The Hobby - Spectre Ops demo

Friends of Rapid Fire - Operation Goodwood

Simon Miller - For King and Parliament

Reading Independent Wargamers - Monsters Brawl

Liverpool War Games Association - Renaissance Samurai

Maidenhead Reapers - WW2 Desert Raid (Bolt Action)

Chris Wykes & Friends - Blood & Bridges (1/200 Cold War)

Newbury & Reading Wargames Society - Boudica's Revenge

Boscombe & Amesbury - What a Tanker!

Penarth & District - Wars of the Roses (Lion Rampant)

Ministry of Gentlemanly Wargamers - Thud and Blunder

*cough* guess who forgot to take pics of the actual game


(don't know who) - Alien Squad Leader

(don't know who) - Outlands

Society of Ancients - (no idea what - Romans vs someone)

(don't know who) - Romans vs Successors (Swordpoint)

(don't know who) - (don't know what)

Whew! That was quite a photo dump for you to wade through. If you can identify any of the games I didn't get the information for, please let me know in the comments!

Colours 2018 - The Loot

It was just as well that I got up and left home early to get to Colours today, thanks to engineering works and unhelpful announcements on the Underground which delayed me getting to Paddington. Although given the long wait I had at Reading for the train to Newbury Racecourse, I could probably have left about half an hour later.

I finally got to the show at about 10.45 and immediately met Simon as he was coming down the stairs. After a quick chat with him I headed up to the games on the top floor to take photos. It was only after I'd got about halfway around them that I realised that their locations bore no resemblance whatsoever to the floorplan. Grrrrrr! Not very helpful as I hadn't been taking pics of the signage and there were several games that had no signage to say who and what they were. As a result it will probably take me a little while to sort through my pics (I did go round twice, taking pics of what signs there were on the second circuit).

Once pics were taken, I headed downstairs to the two trading floors for a browse (no purchases at that point) then after a quick smoke and trip to the loo, headed back up to the top floor for another look at the games, then down to the middle floor for a spot of lunch (overpriced for the amount you got, but quite tasty). And then the shopping began....

I actually did a few circuits of the traders as there were a couple that I wanted to chat with. I also chatted to a number of people that I know from tournaments, shows and blogging. That included at least two more chaps called Simon.

So, the loot:

Warbases:

Assorted MDF bases, Lion/Dragon Rampant tokens, a couple of SciFi buildings

Warlord Games:

Before anyone asks, yes I do have the starter box set - the reason you haven't seen it on my blog is that it is still in my office at work.

Bad Squiddo Games:

Possibly for Dragon Rampant? Otherwise just for fun.

Pendraken/Minibits:

I might be trying out some two colour blending at some point, so this will be useful.

Plastic Soldier Company:

"What a Tanker!" (in 15mm) seems to be taking off at the club, so these could be a good starter for me to get into it.

SHQ/Figures in Comfort:

I saw this while I was doing the rounds and thought it would be ideal for storing and transporting my Aussies. Each tray has 33 figure slots, for a total of 132. It was also on "show special price" of £25 and was the last one they had with them, so it would have been rude not to buy it!

Deep Cut Studios:

I'd somehow missed that they were going to be there, so this wasn't on my "planned purchases" list. But they were there and I wanted a suitable mat for Gaslands and Strontium Dog so I picked up a 3'x3' desert mat.


"I detect sings of a couple of new projects in there. Are you sure about that, with all the other unfinished projects you have going on?"

*couch* Well...

Not Gone To Other Partizan

I had been considering going to Other Partizan today. However, I didn't sleep well last night which in combination with the trains (likely to be crowded as Euston station is shut this weekend) and there not being many traders there that I was interested in tipped the balance in favour of me staying home.

Although I'm missing this show, I will (barring unforeseen circumstances) be wending my way down to Newbury in September for Colours.

Last weekend I decided to pull my finger out and order some extras for my Australians. I got the "red card of frustration" on Thursday and collected them from the Royal Mail delivery office yesterday:

Yes, armour support and some more Papuan Infantry Battalion troops. The M3 Stuart is a (re-badged Italerei) plastic kit; the Matlida II is a resin and metal kit with options to have it with 2lber gun, 3" howitzer (close support) or flamethrower ("Frog"). It doesn't look as though magnetising the barrels will be possible, so I'll need to decide which version to go with. Or maybe see if I can get spare resin turrets from Warlord to fit the other weapons to.

I'll be prepping the figures and Matilda over the next couple of days (I'm on leave until Thursday) and might start assembling the Stuart (I need to decide whether it will be an M3 or M3A1).

All Quiet on the Tamsin Front

Yes, I have been rather quiet on the blogging front since I finished (the beginnings of) my Aussie force. That's largely because of the recent hot weather we've had in the UK - I'm a fair-skinned redhead, so hot and sunny weather is not my favourite. Especially as my flat is on the top floor and receives all the rising heat from the flats below during the evening, meaning that it starts cooling down much later in the evening.

Whilst I've been quiet, I was aware that my page-view counter was ticking closer to the 1 million mark, but I wasn't expecting to get there for a few more days. I was, therefore, surprised to spot this morning that I have gone past that milestone. A quick check on my stats suggests that this was down to the efforts of the ever-helpful Russian bots.

I guess that I should do something to celebrate. Maybe get back to painting, gaming and blogging?